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Deco i a. E. MARBURY CONDENSER FOR `POWER FACTOR CORRECTION Filed Oct. '7, 3923. 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Dec. 1, 1925.-

Filed Oct. '7. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Il J s 4 9 lNvE-NTOR UVTNESSESI @im @3.2%

Patentedl Dec. l, 1925.

UNITED STATES RALPH :ELl MARBURY, OF VJILKINSBURG,

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PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TG WESTING- HOUSE ELECTRIC & MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYL- vANlA.

CONDENSEB FOR POWER-FACTOR CORRECTION.

Application led October-7, '1921i 'Serial No. 506,171.

To vll whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I. RALPH E. MARBURY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Willrinsburg, in the county of Allegheny 15 as induction coils orrinductionl'motors or other apparatus vhaving inductance when connected in -an alternating-current circuit. A

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It is'A wellkrrdwn that a condenser connected insuch a circuit will correct the pow.- er .factor because vof 'its' distributive capacity or condensive f reactance. Oil-.impregnated paper dielectric condensers have been' comg monly employed in this capacity and have been designed. for various voltages wlthin certain limits- A condenser is known to be ineilicientflfor low-voltage work becauseof the improper working of the dielectric element and 1s also limited to only moderately high' voltages because of corona.

It has been fo'uhd that condensers may be designed for voltages ranging between 1000 `and, 1500 volts and it has been customary, for this reason, to. use a transformer in combination with a condenser to provide the proper low,` .operating voltage.'

My invention provides a device combin-` ing the functions of regulating the voltage "and providing -condensive reactance for powerfactor correction, and 1t is among the 40 b' tl 'f' 'd l li t o 3ects iereo to rovi esuci appara us which shall be of unitary construction, which shall be compact, which shall be electrical ly eihcient in its operation, and which shall be simple to construct and `less expensivel than apparatus heretofore employed.

Itis a further object of this invention to rovide a. structure vfor condensive reactance 'or power-factor correction which may be designed for 'any volta-fre and which may be "9 a Apart of a standard3 distributing transformer.'

It isa still ini-ther object of this invention to rovide a condenser winding 'i stand- Ial1 4distribiut-ing transformer wh ii shall be fIn the accompanying drawings constitutvformer made in accordance with this invenposed therebetween,

structure is preferably disposed in a leak- ,proof tank and immersed in a suitable insulating oil.

in'ga parthereof and in which like reference Figure l is a top' plan view of a transtion; Fig. 2is a view, in side elevation, thereof; Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic -view showing the relation of primary and secondarywindlngs; Figs. 4 and 5 are diagrammatic views of condenser elements wound in accordancer with this invention;

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic view of the windings 'of Figs. 4 and 5 showing a method of connection to maintain desirable voltage j 4 gradation across the insulation; l Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic viewof a standard transformer having a condenser Aconnected in series with the secondary windings thereof;-

Fing. 8 is a4 cross-.sectional view of a modi- 90 `fication of the .transformer shown lin' Fig. .-8, illustrating 95 a slightlymodified form of my invention.. I provide an iron core l formed `of a plurality of superposed layers 2, 3 and the like y v. l

of iron laminations which are assembled and,I

secured by suitable bolts 4. A` primary'vll-m.

winding 5, consisting of aplurality'of Vconvolutions 6 of copper wire having terminals 8 and 9, is disposedparound one leg ofthe core l. A. secondary winding 102 cbmprising a plurality ofA conductor strips 11 105 and 12 having dielectric material 13' dis# is spirally wound around the core l in suitable relationto the strip 11 is connected to the opposite end 15 of the strip 12.1, VBy connecting the wind, ings in this manner, the voltage across the dielectricmaterial is increased, to permity Working the dielectric material harder' and to greater advantage.

This type of construction may be designed to obtain any one of thefollowing characteristics. The voltagev is dependent upon the number of turns that may be wound within a given space. The electrostatic capacity is dependent upon the width of turn and the average length per turn. The kva capacity of the condenser` element is dependent upon the thickness of the metal strip or conductor members and the etliciency of the structure isdependent upon the voltage available for working the dielectric material.

It is obvious that, if a given iron core is assumed and a given kva capacity is wanted within a limited space, i will be difficult to get enoughturns to wo k the dielectric. or insulation hard enough and still have sui'icient current capacity. To overcome this.

diiiiculty and to obtain reasonable working 'of the insulation of dielectric material for voltage eiii'ciency. the windings are formed having -a sheet of -dielectric 26 disposed therebetween are t'orm'ed into a plurality ot superposed convolutions Condenser elements (Fig. 5) consisting of conductor members 22 and 25. having dielectric 26 disposed therebetween are formed in a similar manner and a plurality of such windings are connected, as'shown diagrammatically in Fig. 6, the ends 19 and 22,23 and 20, and 21 and 24'being connected in series across the dielectric 26. The voltage across the vdielectric material is equivalent to the suin of the voltages in the windings 18 and 22, and 21 and 25. Assuming that the voltage in each winding is 500 volts, then the voltage across the insulation or dielectric 26 will be 1000 volts and the sum of the currents iowing in each parallel coil at any point in the condenser is equal to the cur-4 rent in the connection between the windings 23 and 20.

Any number of sections may be interconnccted in this manner .to obtain. the most efficient,r design for the required purpose. This depends upon the application, the amount otwinding space,.the"kva capacity desired and the thickness of the conductor material used. The conductor'material may' ticularly suitable for low-voltage power-facchan ges.

tor correction where it is undesirable to build condensers for line voltage. It has the advantage of a variable condensive reactance inasmuch as a dial switch may be provided on the primary winding to take care of the difference in line voltage or to give varying amountsof condensive load to correct for different poire; factors when the line or load Condensers of this typemay be disposed in the ordinary transformer tanks anld be impregnated with suitable insulating oi Where power-factor correction is desired for lowvoltage windings, vas in telephone work, and where the potential 'used is as low as 30 volts, a device ot this type 'may be applied to replace the customary transformer and condenser units which Wereconnected up in a manner show-ii in Fig. 7 in which a standard transformer consisting of an iron core 27, primary winding 28 and secondary winding 29 were connected in series with a condenser 30.

In accordance with this invention. I may provide a structure particularly suited for such work which consists of a circular-ironl tank 31 having radiating iiis 32, or othei' external cooling means such as cooling coils for water or oil, formed around its outer periphery and having an 'iron `core member- A primary 33 centrally disposed therein. winding 34, consisting of a plurality of spiperwire, is disposed around the core member 33, and an insulating sleeve 35'is inserted around the winding 34. A condenser windrally wound superposed convolutions of coping 36, consisting of a plurality of strips ofv suitable metal foil having dielectric material disposed therebetween, is wound around the insulating sleeve 35 to form a secondary winding.

The primary'winding 34 is provided with a pair ot terminals 38 mounted on the cover 39.whicli.' is secured to the tank 31 by screws 40. A sealing plug 41 is inserted in the cover 39 and provides'an opening to the chamber 42 for establishing communication windings v43 and the secondary by the windings 44 which consists of twcstrips of foil interconnected to work he insulation or dielectric material therebetween.

lt vwill be readily seen that this construction provides ready accessibility to the windings in case ot breakdown, as it is but necessary to remove the cover 'and litt out the n indings. so

'Where the abovedescribed apparatus is condenser windings 44 (Fig. 9) are not connected 1n the circuit.

In some instances, however, where a nuinber of distributing transformers are conf- ;p'roper and disposed therein 1n any `suit-'- nected in a transmission circuit, it is de;r sirable to employ a condenser connected across the secondary windings (Fig. 7)' to correct by capacity current for the wattless magnetizing current 0f the transformer core. This'magnetizing current or lagging component is practical-ly independent of the load current and is, therefore, in existence when the transformer is idle on the line. A condenser winding, such as herein described, may be connected across the terminals 45 and 46, in place of the secondary winding of a distributing'transformer, to a load to function as a standard distributing transformer.

When the transforner is idle, the capac? ity current of .thesecondary or condenser winding will correct for the wattless mag` netizing current of the transformer core. The condenser windings, as in the powerfactor-correction device, may be designed for an average-load wattless component by varying the number of turns, thickness and width of the conductor element and the kind of dielectric used.-

From the above description of my invention, it will be readily understood that a transformer construction of this type provides a practical means for power-factor correction of power circuits inthat they may be designed to accommodate almost any voltage available within certain wide limits. The construction, as illustrated, is economical to manufacture, and the compactness of the apparatus which constitutes a complete unit materially reduces the cost below that of the combination of apparatus heretofore employed.

Although I have described myinvention generally, it will be apparent that there is a large number of specific` applications to whlch the .principles set' forth may be applied.

Although I have described a specific embodiment ,of my invention, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that variusmodinected to obtain various combinations, the y dielectric material may consist of any suitrial lnay be substituted foi1 the impregnat-v ing oil.

The construction modified in various ways. vFor instance,` the core member may be separate from, the tank able position, the radiating fins of theV tank other changes in construction may be madev within .the scope of the appended claims. I claim as my invention: u

1. In a power-factor-correction device,4an

-able material and paraffin or 'similar mate- 60 shown in Fig. -8 l11i-ay be -V iron core and primary and secondary windf ingsl thereon, said secondary winding comp'rlsrng a palr vof superposed layers of conducting sheet material having dielectric material 'disposed therebetween and a' permanent connection connecting the outer end of one of 'said conducting layers'to 'the inner end of the other.

2. In a power-factor-correction device, and.

iron core and primary and secondary wind-` ings thereon, said secondary winding comprismg a plurality of. pairs of superposed layers of conducting sheet material having dielectric lmaterial disposed therebetween, the outer end of one conductingv layer of one pair being connected to the inner end of one conducting layer of another pair, and.

so on, untila series is produced including one conducting layer from each ,of the' pairs',

the other-conducting layers of ,the pairs being similarly connected in a second series, and the outer end of one series being connected to 'the inner end of the other series. V

3. .In a power-factor-correction device, an

iron core and a winding thereon, said Winding comprising a plurality of pairs of superposed layers of conducting sheet material` having dielectric material disposed,4 i therebetween, the outer end of one conducting layer of one pair beingconnectedto the inner end of one conducting layer of another pair, and so on, unt-il a series is produced including one copductlng layer from each of the pairs, the other conducting layers of the lairs being similarly connectedn a sec- Y ond series, and the outer end of oneseries' connected to the inner end of the other being series.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my `name this irst day ovOctober 1921. t

lRALPH yE. Malnaunr.- 

